@article{Secret_2010, place={Washington DC: American Sociological Association.}, title={Work and Family Module 19}, url={https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/work-and-family-module-19}, abstractNote={Student Outcomes: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Understand the historical, demographic, and economic forces, which have propelled workfamily issues to the forefront. 2. Identify and describe the current state of research and theory development that informs the work-family literature. 3. Identify and analyze the antecedents, covariates, decision-making and outcomes of work-life experiences for different stakeholder groups. 4. Recognize and evaluate workplace and government policy initiatives aimed at helping individuals manage work and family roles in the areas of: child and dependent care programs; alternative/flexible work schedules; employee assistance programs, family/parent leave. 5. Articulate how gender, class, and ethnicity affect work-family experiences of individuals and families and how work-family policies and programs can promote social justice for disenfranchised groups. 6. Examine how work-family experiences impact self, colleagues, and the organization in his/her current work or field setting. 7. Recognize the uniqueness and the commonalities of the work-family demands and needs of human service professionals and other community care-takers in the non-profit sector compared with employees in the for-profit sector. 8. Compare this country’s response to work-family needs of individuals and families and workplaces with those in other countries.}, journal={TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology}, author={Secret, Mary}, year={2010}, month={Apr.} }